Personnel Management

Linda J. Glum has joined the staff of The Fountains of Melbourne as a marketing associate. She has an extensive background in marketing, public relations advertising and office and personnel management.

THE SOUTH BREVARD Personnel Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. today at the Holiday Inn, Palm Bay. The purpose of the organization is to promote the principles of personnel management, foster professional growth among members and create good relations among member organizations in south Brevard. For more information, call Joan La Cascia at 768-9999.

Age: 76 Family members: Two daughters; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and three more on the way. Where I live and for how long: In Tavares, for five years. Originally from: Faucett, Mo. Education: I have a bachelor's degree in merchandising and business management. Occupation: Management. I got my first job when I was: 18, clerking in a jewelry department while I attended college. My job history includes: Personnel management, customer relations and material control management.

The Orlando office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will have an open house Monday with displays on the variety of government jobs that are available.Staff members will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Federal Job Information Center, 3444 McCrory Place, Room 125, in the Koger Center across from Fashion Square mall.On Tuesday, the Naval Training System Center and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will have displays and staff at Fashion Square to talk about positions available.

A seminar in personnel management for non-profit organizations will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, at Expo Centre, 500 W. Livingston St., Orlando.The seminar will be presented by the Management Assistance Program of the Volunteer Service Bureau and the Central Florida Personnel Association. The fee is $25. For more information, contact Jean Sharpe, (305) 896-0945.cost number volunteer

I TRIED to use the Office of Personnel Management in the federal building in Orlando. A small plaque gives the hours of service: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. until noon. That's just nine hours a week.In a city the size of Orlando this is inadequate service for people who depend on this office for information on such things as insurance claims, retirement, death benefits and dependents. The people of Central Florida are entitled to better service.John E. FlynnORLANDO

WASHINGTON - President Clinton plans today to unveil steps to toughen the enforcement of the 1996 Kennedy-Kassebaum law that allows people to keep their health insurance when they switch jobs, U.S. officials said Monday. Clinton is expected to announce that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management would be allowed to cancel federal contracts with insurance companies that violate the law. The law guarantees access to health insurance for people who change or lose their jobs.

I SENT A letter to all U.S. senators opposing the confirmation of Donald J. Devine for a second term as head of the Office of Personnel Management, formerly known as the U.S. Civil Service.I objected to his conduct during his first term, including his showing disdain for all retirees. He seems to regard them as welfare recipients.All senators replied, including Florida's Paula Hawkins. All except her addressed the matter at hand. Hawkins' letter, however, was obviously a form one, rather effusively expressing appreciation for input but with no mention of the matter at hand.

Should Washington lawmakers, as well as 9 million other government employees and spouses, active and retired, be entitled to better medical care than you get? Members of Congress are covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). This program is a potential model for Medicare reform. Among its various benefits, it provides prescription drug coverage over which Washington has been gridlocked for years. Nearly all members of a bipartisan study committee a few years ago recommended Medicare reform based on the FEHBP.

Osceola County Schools Superintendent Blaine Muse won praise for his efforts to reach out to the community and manage the district's tight finances, in an annual performance review given by the five-member School Board. In a four-page document released Tuesday that rates the superintendent in areas ranging from leadership to facilities management, the board said it regarded Muse "with a high degree of confidence" and lauded him for his "Herculean efforts" in leading a district plagued by high growth and low funding.

WASHINGTON - President Clinton plans today to unveil steps to toughen the enforcement of the 1996 Kennedy-Kassebaum law that allows people to keep their health insurance when they switch jobs, U.S. officials said Monday. Clinton is expected to announce that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management would be allowed to cancel federal contracts with insurance companies that violate the law. The law guarantees access to health insurance for people who change or lose their jobs.

Federal agencies appear to have ended their practice of using homosexuality as a basis for denying security clearances, a congressional report says. The agencies for years had denied clearances to homosexuals on the assumption that all gay people are at risk of being blackmailed. In a report released Friday, the General Accounting Office said it reviewed records for civilians and contractors from eight agencies: the departments of Defense, Energy and State; the Office of Personnel Management; the U.S. Information Agency; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Secret Service; and the U.S. Customs Service.

The Marines may need only a few good men, but the U.S. government, the largest employer in the country, needs all of us as a base for its civilian work force.Three million Americans work for the government in non-military jobs, almost 98 percent in the executive branch.States that have more than 100,000 federal civilian employees include California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.After a decade of budget cuts in personnel, reductions in force, massive switching of full-time jobs to part-time ones and the use of temporary workers, the United States is in a hiring mode for some 200 different occupations.

Federal agencies appear to have ended their practice of using homosexuality as a basis for denying security clearances, a congressional report says. The agencies for years had denied clearances to homosexuals on the assumption that all gay people are at risk of being blackmailed. In a report released Friday, the General Accounting Office said it reviewed records for civilians and contractors from eight agencies: the departments of Defense, Energy and State; the Office of Personnel Management; the U.S. Information Agency; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Secret Service; and the U.S. Customs Service.

The Orlando office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will have an open house Monday with displays on the variety of government jobs that are available.Staff members will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Federal Job Information Center, 3444 McCrory Place, Room 125, in the Koger Center across from Fashion Square mall.On Tuesday, the Naval Training System Center and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will have displays and staff at Fashion Square to talk about positions available.